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Smokers To Be Slapped With Huge Penalties Under Obamacare That Will Cost You Thousands Of Dollars
http://princevega.com ^ | January 26, 2013 | RT

Posted on 02/01/2013 11:26:39 AM PST by BO Stinkss

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Now that the government owns your healthcare, they can make you do what they want. You Smoke? Pay more! Overweight? Pay more! Drive an V8? Pay more! Own a gun? Pay more!

1 posted on 02/01/2013 11:26:48 AM PST by BO Stinkss
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To: BO Stinkss

“more expensive for them than Americans with other unhealthy habits.”

Like sodomy?

Are homos getting higher premiums?

I smoke and cigarettes never gave me AIDS or STDs.


2 posted on 02/01/2013 11:31:22 AM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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Smokers cost less in healthcare because they die sooner.


3 posted on 02/01/2013 11:34:15 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Health insurers will be allowed to charge smokers penalties that overweight Americans or those with other health conditions would not be subjected to.

I thought they were already charged higher premiums. How does this change things?

4 posted on 02/01/2013 11:38:55 AM PST by Ken H
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To: BO Stinkss

Vote Republican? PAY EVEN MORE!!!!!!!!!!


5 posted on 02/01/2013 11:39:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: BO Stinkss

Make druggies, queers and other sodomites pay double or triple too.


6 posted on 02/01/2013 11:40:23 AM PST by Iron Munro (I Miss America, don't you?)
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To: BO Stinkss

"You are all fools. WE do not care, because
WE do not LIVE UNDER the laws and taxes we pass for YOU.
"

7 posted on 02/01/2013 11:40:23 AM PST by Diogenesis (De Oppresso Liber)
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To: BO Stinkss

I used to smoke, but I lost all my cigars in an unfortunate boating accident.


8 posted on 02/01/2013 11:41:18 AM PST by sgtyork (The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. Thucydides)
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So sad that we can’t tolerate all the deviants, but, the contemporary world is supposed to be more civilized than the world before the first century. Imagine that. Let’s not focus on the religion of homosexual behavior and think about science and infectious diseases. A study which analyzed tens of thousands of gay obituaries and compared them with AIDS deaths data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has shown that the life expectancy for homosexuals is about twenty years shorter than that of the general public. The study, entitled “Gay obituaries closely track officially reported deaths from AIDS”, has been published in Psychological Reports (2005;96:693-697). The actual life expectancy for a homosexual male with AIDS is 39 . . . without AIDS . . . 41.
For a smoker? Early to mid 60s. AND, smokers don’t infect other people.
And for the homosexual community to brag about their lifestyle and to shove it in our face instead of getting psychological help—well, it doesn’t make you the brightest bulb in the sack. When I see the “gays” giggling on the TV shows and mocking the normal people I just laugh and think they must have AIDS dementia.


9 posted on 02/01/2013 11:42:59 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: BO Stinkss

How much will hussein have to pay?


10 posted on 02/01/2013 11:44:05 AM PST by onedoug
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To: BO Stinkss

Too funny as this will effect mostly current Obama supporters.


11 posted on 02/01/2013 11:45:41 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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Get with the program.
The pRes_ _ent and Congress and their staff
and mistresses and Islam are not under the penalties.


12 posted on 02/01/2013 11:45:46 AM PST by Diogenesis (De Oppresso Liber)
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To: BO Stinkss

All Your Liberty Are Belong to Government


13 posted on 02/01/2013 11:49:48 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Smokers are already paying huge taxes for health care.


14 posted on 02/01/2013 11:50:13 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Salamander
If insurance rates were raised for gays in proportion to the costs they impose due to AIDS, they might be less excited about the "civil union" and "gay marriage" entree to healthcare coverage. My company extended coverage to that group and it jacked up rates for everyone in the company instead of the parties who raised the risk and demanded the services.

My mom smoked from age 20 (1948) until age 40 (1968) when both of my parents quit. Mom's heart began failing in 2010 with congestive heart failure episodes of increasing severity. The week before she passed, she had pain in her back. The doctor X-rayed her lungs to check for pneumonia vs the common "wet" lungs that come with edema from congestive heart failure. The doctor discovered cancer in both lungs. Her kidneys were down to 10% function from the diuretics used to treat the congestive heart failure. She was far too fragile to deal with the lung cancer. She declared in a perfectly clear fashion that she wanted a DNR on her medical chart and wanted to return to her assisted living arrangements. It was a very uncomfortable final few days for her.

As a postscript, Mom handed over the entire $3900/month of her social security plus another $1,000/month from her savings to stay in the assisted living facility from April 2011 to Nov 2011. The long term medical coverage that she and my dad paid $300/month over 30 years was declared "not eligible" because the facility didn't have an MD on site 24/7. The facilities that did have an MD 24/7 were full of shrieking wretches and odors that prompted an urge to vomit on many occasions. Check the terms and conditions of your coverage carefully.

15 posted on 02/01/2013 11:50:49 AM PST by Myrddin
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“The actual life expectancy for a homosexual male with AIDS is 39 . . . without AIDS . . . 41.”

Wow.

Neanderthals fared better.


16 posted on 02/01/2013 11:51:05 AM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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LMAO....


17 posted on 02/01/2013 11:52:00 AM PST by Gator113 (Leave my guns alone and REGISTER THE DAMN LIBERALS!!)
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To: BO Stinkss

First smokers. Then the overweight. All so that the government can take our money and pay for abortions, sex “change” operations, and AIDS treatment.


18 posted on 02/01/2013 11:53:03 AM PST by I want the USA back
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I am not a smoker, but by these standards, gays need to be charged higher rates. A risky lifestyle is a risky lifestyle and deserves an increase. I also think that by the same token, obese people also need to be charged extra. We all know what lifestyles are unhealthy, we can’t just charge extra for the ones that are politically correct and expedient.


19 posted on 02/01/2013 11:53:56 AM PST by nobamanomore
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To: BO Stinkss

There is NOTHING in your life that couldn’t fall under the rubrik of “affects the healthcare system”.

Of course, like a later poster said, this will exclude behavior choices like sodomy, etc.


20 posted on 02/01/2013 11:54:34 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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